Tag: rare species

When images of a live Night Parrot were taken back in 2013, the ensuing excitement was like nothing seen before in the annals of Australian natural history. It spread like wildfire among nature enthusiasts as the public waited with fervour for more details about the sighting. This was a monumental discovery, one that ended continued...

Picture yourself in a forest. Damp green mosses clothe giant trees, veiled in slow swirling columns of mist. The varied calls of lyrebirds and parrots echo through the woody labyrinth as you wade through a waist-deep sea of ferns which ripple and sway against the trunks of the mighty Mountain Ash. A pantheon of small...

You unzip the flysheet of your tent and emerge into the world to be greeted by a morning lit with gold. The sun’s rays course freely across the sky in the absence of clouds. It’s cool, but you know it won’t be for long. As you rise to your feet, you brush the pale, red...